Kenmore refrigerator
showing Er IS
Er IS points at the temperature sensor inside the ice maker.
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- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
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What Er IS
actually means.
Er IS points at the temperature sensor inside the ice maker. Sears lists a short or a wiring problem, and adds that the sensor is not usually sold on its own, so the repair often means a whole ice maker assembly. The 795 service manual calls it an icing sensor error.
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What to do when Er IS shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeSensor circuit
A temperature sensor reading outside its range, or the wiring to it. The reading is confirmed with a meter before any part is ordered.
Usually leads toControls and sensors
A refrigerator cools to what it believes the temperature is, and a sensor reading wrong is obeyed perfectly.
Shows up asIce Maker Not Making Ice
When the freezer is cold, the question is whether water is arriving — not whether the appliance can freeze.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 795 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Jan 2021)
Kenmore and Kenmore Elite models whose number starts 795 (built by LG); Er IS is in both the Sears 795 chart and the 795.7756x service manual.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Er IS on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check that the model label reads 795; Er IS has this meaning on that family only.
Empty stale cubes out of the bin so you can tell whether any fresh ice is still being made.
Book a visit and ask for the wiring to be confirmed before a whole ice maker is replaced.
What not to do
Er IS does not mean the freezer is failing. The code is about the ice maker's own sensor, and the freezer can keep food frozen normally.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems Er IS tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Ice Maker Not Making Ice
6 causes, cheapest first
Where Er IS usually leads
Controls and sensors.
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before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
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In Kenmore's own words
Er IS Ice maker sensor Check/Repair Sensor short or wiring problem
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore and Kenmore Elite models whose number starts 795 (built by LG); Er IS is in both the Sears 795 chart and the 795.7756x service manual.
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Still showing Er IS?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.